The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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Private Herbert Elon WATERS, 4521, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 17th November 1914, Bromley, Kent, age 33, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 130lbs, resided School Cottages, Crocken Hill, Swanley, Kent / Mill Street, East Malling, Kent. Formerly farm labourer.

Previously served 4 years in Volunteer Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Husband of Maggie Waters, (nee Smith, spinster), married 8th January 1912, Register Office, Maidstone, Kent.

Children - Raymond Herbert Waters, born 5th May 1912, Malling, Kent; William John Waters, born 26th October 1914, Dartford, Kent.

Home, 17th November 1914 to 10th March 1915; BEF, 11th March 1915 to 12th September 1916; Home, 13th September 1916 to 10th April 1917; Army Reserve 11th April 1917 to 20th September 1917.

17th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th November 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th March 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th December 1915, overstaying his furlough to 28th December, deprived of 7 days pay, forfeits 2 days pay; 2nd February 1916, improper remark to an NCO, 7 days confined to Barracks; 5th September 1916, wounded, gun shot wounds, face & right shoulder; 12th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th September 1916 to 20th February 1917, 4th Southern General Hospital; 10th April 1917, transferred to Army Reserve, Class "P"; 20th September 1917, Final Discharge.

10th April 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 16/6 a week for 17 weeks, conditional. Disability, shrapnel wound, right arm.

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